Thread: Looking for language exchange

No, Kevin, I don’t feel like stopping our language exhange practice. I’m on it unless you put my corrections into the bottom drawer of your desk, saying, “I’m gonna look them through when I’m retired”. My doing that is not trouble at all because I’m learning in this process. I’m trying to remember your patterns, I’m constantly consulting the dictionary and my grammar guide. So I’m only doing things that one inevitably has to do while learning. There is only one new thing to me. I consult the Russian grammar guide, lol. Only some school basics ring a bell to me. I have to look up the rest. But I find it useful, it cannot be otherwise if I want to be helpful and explain Russian to the others here. Besides, I have always been into language mysteries. On top of that I highly appreciate your corrections and explanations. I need them. Who knows when I would stop saying “the more so” instead of “the more” and “to make lesser sense” instead of ”less sense”? As for the size of your work, I don’t mind any. I could only return your translations earlier if they were shorter. So it’s up to your choice.

And the last thing. Who knows, perhaps I have inferiority complex and teaching others makes me feel important?

Originally Posted by Helenej

And the last thing. Who knows, perhaps I have inferiority complex and teaching others makes me feel important?

Well, I think some people just like to help because they know someone needs it and it makes them feel good to help. That's the category I think you fall in...lol

Just a little side note here: One has to remember that often American humor uses something negative to mean something happy, or funny, or good; for instance, one might say "You look bad!". If you look the word "bad" up, it has a negative conotation. But when said as slang, it means "you look good!", "you look awesome!". Often Americans say mean things as a joke with someone they are comfortable with. It's called a "burn". If anyone can ever get the TV show "That 70s Show", it illustrates this all the time. A group of friends say mean things to each other all the time, but they do it because they love each other. It's ironic, and that irony is humor to Americans